All about Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Microsoft 365, Office 2021 and earlier versions.
Office for iPhone get new look and less menu options
The iPhone apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint have been redesigned with a new look that reduces the initial menu options from five to three. At least that’s what Microsoft is saying, though there’s no change in the apps so far. According to Microsoft the apps are “Redesigned From Scratch: We have redesigned the app […]
Office Picture formatting tricks – Fit, Fill and Positioning
Hiding in plain sight are some useful tricks for picture formatting within a shape. It’s possible to fit or fill the image within the shape and, importantly, move the picture around with shape outline. Office Watch has already talked about various ways to change the look of an image within a shape. There are more […]
Three ways to crop a picture with an Office shape
Here are three options for putting a photo inside any Microsoft Office Shape or Icon (Word, Powerpoint etc.). Photographers call it cropping a photo to a shape or graphic. There are three different ways to get the same or similar result. Two are quick and easy. The third option is a little cumbersome but lets […]
PivotTables ebook extra now available
Our ebook PivotTables and PivotCharts from scratch now has a bonus extra for all readers, new and existing. Our Subscriptions Manager is an Excel workbook to organize online subscriptions like Netflix, HBO, Office 365 and (too) many more. We’ve just added an enhanced version of the Subscriptions Manager to our ebook PivotTables and PivotCharts from […]
New Zealand Flag into Word, Excel or PowerPoint
Find and add the New Zealand national flag and alternatives into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. The same help applies for any other national flag, just look for a different source. Get the New Zealand Flag Image There are many, many copies of the New Zealand flag available. We’ve opted for the Wikipedia site because it has an […]
Windows 10 Search box fix and privacy hack
People are right to be angry at Microsoft for f….ing up just a simple search of their own computer. Here’s how to fix the problem, in case it happens again with the bonus that it stops Microsoft getting details of each search you make. The problem started when innocent Windows 10 users tried to find […]
2019’s top software vulnerabilities featuring Microsoft Office
A new report lists the top software vulnerabilities of 2019. Little surprise that Microsoft and Office feature in the top ten but not with the latest security bugs. Recorded Future’s report is headed 2019 Vulnerability Report: Cybercriminals Continue to Target Microsoft Products and lists the top ten vulnerabilities of 2019. Seven of the top ten […]
Lasso improvements in Word 365 for Windows
It’s nice to see a small but important tweak to the Ink editing ‘Lasso’ feature in Word 365. Lasso now selects only inked elements when embedded with text. Lasso is a way to use a digital pen to select objects in Word, either to move or delete. However it’s been a bit of a clumsy […]
Canadian Flag into Word, Excel or PowerPoint
Get a hi-res version of Canadian National flag into Office documents, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, then use some Office picture tools to enhance the image. The same help applies for any other national flag, just look for a different source. Get the Canadian Flag Image There are many, many copies of the Canada flag available. We’ve opted for the Wikipedia […]
More about the Excel Subscriptions Manager
Here’s some more detail about the Excel Subscriptions Manager, how it’s put together, what you can change and extras to consider. See also Starting with the Excel Subscriptions Manager about how to setup the spreadsheet. Table The whole thing is an Excel Table cunningly called Subscriptions. Formatting, especially alternating row shading is handled automatically. Tables include […]
Starting with the Excel Subscriptions Manager
Here’s what to do once you’ve downloaded our Excel Subscriptions Manager to organize the many subscriptions now available. After opening there’s a few things to do first: Currency prefix Change the currency if $ doesn’t apply e.g. change to STG ₤, Euro € etc. We’ve made that easy with two Excel styles CurrCalc (the blue […]
Ads in WordPad is nothing really new
Maybe there will be ads in a future release of WordPad. Microsoft is testing the waters with some Office 365 ads in some test versions of Windows. There’s been a lot of hyperventilating coverage about WordPad ads as if it’s a done deal to appear in Windows soon. The idea of Microsoft putting ads inside […]
Office 365 Chrome extension – yawn
Microsoft has an Office extension for the Google Chrome browser which adds links to the online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and OneDrive. This free Office extension has been available for some time. Not to be confused with ‘Microsoft Search in Bing quick access’ that’s being forcibly added to Office 365 ProPlus. Go here […]
To the person who stole my Microsoft Office
Courtesy of the good folks at Popbitch comes this groaner; To the person who stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find you. You have my Word. Joker from Office 365/2019 Icons with some extra formatting Boom, boom. We’re here all week. Try the chicken. Don’t forget to tip your waitress, etc. Word […]
Year of the Rat in Microsoft Office
It’s the Chinese Year of the Rat, to celebrate in Word, PowerPoint or Office generally is easy with an Icon or Online Pictures search. Not interested in the Chinese New Year? These same tips apply to many other events or festivals. Rat Icon Insert | Icons has many graphics including a Rat or Mouse icon. […]
Office 365 forces switch to Bing on Chrome browser
Microsoft is planning to force Office 365 ProPlus users to use Bing Search with their Chrome browser. A heavy-handed move that’s annoying IT admins but is also misunderstood, so here’s what definitely happening and NOT happening. This applies to the volume licence version of Office 365, called Office 365 ProPlus. It does NOT apply to […]
